You ask whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under the Public
Information Act, chapter 552 of the Government Code. Your request was assigned
ID# 125822.

Section 552.301(a) of the Government Code provides in part that:

A governmental body that receives a written request for information
that it wishes to withhold from public disclosure and that it considers
to be within one of the [act's] exceptions . . . must ask for a decision
from the attorney general about whether the information is within that
exception if there has not been a previous determination about
whether the information falls within one of the exceptions. The
governmental body must ask for the attorney general's decision and
state the exceptions that apply within a reasonable time but not later
than the 10th business day after the date of receiving the request.

In this case, this office did not receive the request for a decision within the 10 business day
period mandated by section 552.301(a). Because the request for a decision was not timely
received, the requested information is presumed to be public information. Gov't Code
§ 552.302; see Hancock v. State Bd. of Ins., 797 S.W.2d 379 (Tex. App.--Austin 1990, no
writ).

In order to overcome the presumption that the requested information is public information,
a governmental body must provide compelling reasons why the information should not be
disclosed. Hancock, 797 S.W.2d at 381; see Open Records Decision No. 630 (1994). You
have not raised any specific compelling reasons to overcome the presumption that the
information is public. Thus, we conclude that most of the information must be released to
the requestor.

You must withhold the "VIN" number and license plate number under section 552.130 of the
Government Code. Section 552.130 excepts from public disclosure information relating to
a motor vehicle registration issued by an agency of this state.

We are resolving this matter with this informal letter ruling rather than with a published open
records decision. This ruling is limited to the particular records at issue under the facts
presented to us in this request and may not be relied upon as a previous determination
regarding any other records. If you have questions about this ruling, please contact our
office.